FirstCavApache64
Well-Known Member
I'm starting a new journal to show the Spider Farmer SF7000 I won right here on RIU. Thanks to @Spiderfarmerled for the great contest prize and RIU for having such great sponsors.
I'll be running the light in a new 5x5 Spider Farmer tent I bought from them directly with our RIU discount code. I just got the tent setup and the light hung a few days ago and I'm still working on getting the environment dialed in. I was really impressed with the thickness of the tent fabric. At 1680D it's one of the thickest fabric tents out there. The frame is plenty sturdy and can hang up to a 140 pound load from the supports for lights, exhaust carbon filters and anything else you need. At 6.5' tall it's a whopping 9 sq ft bigger than the 16 sq ft 4x4 tent I've been using for years.
The SF7000 is advertised as a 650 watt actual draw light and my tests showed right at 653.6 watts at 100% power. That's just a .006% variation from the design. It's much closer than the last light I tested that was almost 10% higher draw than advertised. Hopefully this attention to detail carries over to the rest of the performance.
The box for the light was well packaged to prevent damage during shipping and contained the light, an owners manual, a nice long power cord and a set of hooks and 2 yo-yo hangers.
The light uses Samsung LM301B diodes with a total of 1716 diodes dispersed heavily towards the edges for better light spread. It comes with a removable remote driver and an 8 ' cord so you can mount the driver outside the tent for cooler temps if needed.
I'm still in the process of figuring out all the strains I want to run next but I'm planning on
Purest Indica from Authentic Genetics
Pre 98 Bubba Kush clone only
Steve Lemme OG x White Cherry Truffle by GuamMaineian Gardens from clone of previous grow
The remaining strain will be either Sour Bubble from BOG Seeds, Northern Lights#2 by Authentic Genetics, Sour Cindy by BOG Seeds or Motorbreath 15 clone only.
I'm still trying to determine the sex of some of the strains to see what females I have available as for 6 weeks during November and December I was in and out of the hospital for my back. I'm doing much better now and trying to get babies back in from everyone that helped me out with watering plants and holding mother plants.
Going to be 4 plants in Roots Organic soil again with Dr Earth dry amendments and Epson salt for extra magnesium. Hope to have the tent full and be vegging the girls in the next week.
Thanks if you made it all the way through the crazy long intro. I'll try to not to be so wordy in the future updates
. All comments and questions are welcome.
I'll be running the light in a new 5x5 Spider Farmer tent I bought from them directly with our RIU discount code. I just got the tent setup and the light hung a few days ago and I'm still working on getting the environment dialed in. I was really impressed with the thickness of the tent fabric. At 1680D it's one of the thickest fabric tents out there. The frame is plenty sturdy and can hang up to a 140 pound load from the supports for lights, exhaust carbon filters and anything else you need. At 6.5' tall it's a whopping 9 sq ft bigger than the 16 sq ft 4x4 tent I've been using for years.
The SF7000 is advertised as a 650 watt actual draw light and my tests showed right at 653.6 watts at 100% power. That's just a .006% variation from the design. It's much closer than the last light I tested that was almost 10% higher draw than advertised. Hopefully this attention to detail carries over to the rest of the performance.
The box for the light was well packaged to prevent damage during shipping and contained the light, an owners manual, a nice long power cord and a set of hooks and 2 yo-yo hangers.
The light uses Samsung LM301B diodes with a total of 1716 diodes dispersed heavily towards the edges for better light spread. It comes with a removable remote driver and an 8 ' cord so you can mount the driver outside the tent for cooler temps if needed.
I'm still in the process of figuring out all the strains I want to run next but I'm planning on
Purest Indica from Authentic Genetics
Pre 98 Bubba Kush clone only
Steve Lemme OG x White Cherry Truffle by GuamMaineian Gardens from clone of previous grow
The remaining strain will be either Sour Bubble from BOG Seeds, Northern Lights#2 by Authentic Genetics, Sour Cindy by BOG Seeds or Motorbreath 15 clone only.
I'm still trying to determine the sex of some of the strains to see what females I have available as for 6 weeks during November and December I was in and out of the hospital for my back. I'm doing much better now and trying to get babies back in from everyone that helped me out with watering plants and holding mother plants.
Going to be 4 plants in Roots Organic soil again with Dr Earth dry amendments and Epson salt for extra magnesium. Hope to have the tent full and be vegging the girls in the next week.
Thanks if you made it all the way through the crazy long intro. I'll try to not to be so wordy in the future updates
. All comments and questions are welcome.
. I like vegging for at least 60 days so now I'll think about bigger pots to boost the size of them up to fill the tent.
